Salt Lake City’s Sutherland Institute has launched its Work & Opportunity Initiative with an accompanying research report.
“The primary goal of the Work & Opportunity Initiative is to identify and address any barriers to upward mobility experienced by Utah families, especially those striving to escape poverty,” the institute said in a statement accompanying the release.
Sutherland’s initial policy and research effort anchoring the Work & Opportunity Initiative is a new report titled “Strengthening the American Dream: Addressing benefits cliffs to empower safety net participants to pursue work and opportunity.” The paper features a statewide survey of current and Please log in to see the rest of this story.